Wave-motor.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906 D. H. MUWBN. vWAVE MOTOR..

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.21,1905.

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No. 822,067. PATENTED MAY 29, 1900.

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WAVE MOTOR.

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DANIEL H. Mol/VEN, OFY MYERSVILLE, MARYLAND.

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Specification. of Letters Patent.

` Patented May 29, 190e.

Application filed September 21, 1905. Serial No. 279.528.

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. MowEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Myersville, in the county of Frederick and State ofMarylal'id, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wave-Motors,of which the following isa specification.

My invention1 is in the nature of a wavemotor design d to be operated bytle action of the waves or tide; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts in which a weight is raised by theaction of a float as a source of power and in which a novel combinationof gears is arranged to transform the movements of tite fioat into acontinuous rotary motion for any useful purpose, as hereinafter fullydescribed with reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the motor with the float immersed in and actuated by thewaves. F 2 is a top plan view. Fig, 3 is a sectional view through Athetransforming mechanism, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and

les. 4 and are adjacent face views of the two adjacent and cooperatingparts D and E.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, A A A2 represent an upright framework erectedupon the side of a dock, the side of a river-bank, or the side of aship.

F is a float immersed in the waves.

Wis the main'actuating-weight, 'which is intermittently wound'up andallowed to run down to actuate the runningl parts of the motor, and W isa supplemental weight which cooperates with the lioat F, as hereinafterdescribed.

On top of the upright framework in Itransverse position (see Figs. 1,l?, 8) is journaled in lbearings a main shaft B. On this shaftare twoloose oscillating drums D and G, and'between them is a ratchet-wheel E,engaged by a detent P, which compels this ratchet-wheel to have always aforward movement in one di riection, which detent is mounted on thefiamework.

The drum D is formed integrally with sleeve bearing a ratchet-wheel d,(see Figs. 3

and 4,) and theratchet-wheel E is forined integrally with a sleeve e?,Figs. 3 and 5, which turns inside the sleeve of drum D, and

on the opposite face of the ratchet-wheel is rigidly fixed a concentricbevel gear-wheel e3. On the face of the rzltchet-wheel E adja-y cent toratchet-wheel d are two pawlse e,

held .by springs e e to engagement!with the i axes and also about theshaft B rotate the 11o dotted lines in Fig'. 5.

The drum G has two housed bevel gearwheels g g, arranged on radial axes,the hub G of this drum turning loosely on the shaft B. The bevel-gears g'g in this drum'engage on one side with the concentric bevel-gear e ofthe ratchet-wheel E, and on the opposite side of the bevel-gears g gengage a concentric bevel-gear c, formed on the end of a sleeve c?,which is rigidly attached to the main gearwheel C, which is rigid onshaft B. This gearwheel C transmits a continuous rotary motion throughthe train of gears C C2 C3 C4 C5 to a centrifugal governor H, whoseballs in rising force down a friction-disk h into frictional engagementwith a subjacent stationa friction-governor to regulate the speed.

The float F is connected to a rope or other flexible connection f, whichpasses around a pulley]2 at the top of the framework and is wound up'onthe drum D. The weight 1l 7 lis connected to rope w, which is wound uponthe drum D, but inY reverse direction to rope so that as the float Ffalls the .weight WV rise of iioat F the slack in rope f is taken up andwound upon the drum D. Themain weight Wis connected to a rope s w, whichpasses around a pulley wat tie top ofthe lframework, and is thenceextended to and wound upon the drum G in the samel direc- 4xtion thatrope w is wound upon the drum D- i. e., the strain of weight W tends toturn the gear-wheel C in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 andfurnishes the effective power for th motor, which is intermittentlystored up by the alternate' rise and fall of float F and 'weight 11Vthrough the intervening `transforming Vbr powerconverting mechanism,composed of the two drums, the two ratchetwheels with pawls, and thebevel-gears;`

That the above action may be understood let it be assumed that theiioatF is falling and weight W is rising. This turns the of the arrow in Fi0. 4. Ratchet-wheel d lcatching' against pawtis e eof the largeratchetwheel E turns it in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 5.Ratchet-wheel E being rigid with bevel-gear e3, Fig. 3, turns the twohoused bevel-gears g gin drum G, and these two bevel-gears turning bothon their individual smaller adjacent ratchet-wheel d, as seen in aryplate h', as shown by dotted lines, to form is wound up and aswveight Wfalls from the drum D and ratchet-wheel (l in the direction .drum G andengaging with the bevel-gear c on sleeve c they travel around the saine,windinglr up the rope lwand raising the main weight lV. i

y Il' now we consider the float F as rising and weight il as falling,the reverse action takes place to a certain extent-ri. e., the weight YVturns drum D backward in reverse direction to the arrow in Fig. 4 andthe ratchet d passes t're fly under the pawls e e of the largei'atchet-wliecl E, producing no etl'ect there on, as'the latter is heldagainst backward inotion by the stationary detent P. While this istaking?r place, however, the weight W, which hasbeen raised, now movingdownward turns the dru'in G, andwitli it the wheel C, in the directionof the ari-ow in Fig.- l, but with this effect that the wheel C travelstwice as tast as the druin G, owingr to the tact that as the di'uin Gturns it gives to the sleeve czand wheel ("not only the revolution ofthe drum G, but the augmented revolution duo to thev bevel-gearsg qtraveling over the now stationar \Y bevel-gear e on one side andadvancinnr the bevel-gear c on the opposite side with a. compoundetlect. The power of this inotoi' mawvv be taken otl` from any of theseveral wheels t C'l (j3 or their shafts at the varying `speeds ol thesegears to Vsuit any application of power that may be desired.

It will be understood that the float- F and the actuating-weight W needno"J be close together; but the support Jfor the pulley ff may be sort'inoved as yto have the motor at a l "coi-df wound on said second drumfor receiv ing the stored-up power and means for converting thegravitating movements of the maiii'weight into continuous rotation.

consideral'ile distancet'rom the water, if desired.

Havingr thus described my invention, what .l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letv tci's Patent, is-

l. A wave and tide motor, comprising a oscillating-drum receivin thesame, means for transferring the oseil ations of the firstnamed drum tothe second oscillating drum, means for converting the oscillations ofthe second drinn into continuous rotary HIO'GOD, and a governor for'freulating the speed,

3. A wave andl ti e motor comprising .EL float, a flexible connectionfor the samefan oscillating drum having said flexible conne@H tion woundthereon,a weight with a flexible connection woundv upon the drum inyopposite directions to that. 'of the lfloat, a main so tuatingweightwithv flexible connection, an oscillating drum receiving the same, meansfor transferring the oscillations ol the-first named drum to the seconddruin consisting of a ratchet-wheel lfixed tothe first drum, anindependent ratchet-wheel bearing nawls enyraging the first-namedratchetwheel and bearing also a concentric bevelsgear, a detent andmeans for convertii'ig the oscillations of the second drum int-ocontinuous rotary motion consisting of one or more radially-an rangedbevel-gears housed in the second drum and engaging on one side' thebevel# l gear of the ratchet-wheel anda sleeve having a bevel-gearengaging` the opposite side of the housed bevelgear and actuated therebywith an accelerated speed.

4. A wave and tide motor, comprising' a` shaft, a loose drum thereon, afloat and an opposit ely-acting weight with cords wound on `said drumfor storing up the power, a second drum on the same shaft., a mainweight with 5. A wave and tide motor, comprising a iloat and 'anoppositel va ;'ting weight with l'loat, a flexible connection toi' thesaine, an oscillating drum havingr said lcxible connec tion woundthereon, a weight with a flexible connection. wound vupon the drum inopposite directions to that ol" the float, a main actuating-weight withllcxible connection, an oscillating' di-uin receiving the saine. means-for transferringk the oscillations of the lii'stnamed drum tothefsecond oscillating drum,

and means l'or converting the oscillations ot thc second di'uin intocontinuous rotar)v inotion.

float. afllcxible connection for the same, an

A wave and tide motor, comprising a l tion woiiiid thereon, a weightwith a l'lexihle connection wound upon the diuin iii oppoj sitedirections to that ot' thc lloat, a main actuating-weiglit with flexibleconnection, an i cords, an oscillatinzgr drum having rigidly-attachedratchet-wheel, a juxtaposed ratchetwhcel with a pn wl on one sideeixgagiiig, the lii'st-naincd ratchet-\\'heel, and acont-einrichevel-geai' onithc other side, a detent loi' thepaw'l-cariwine' ratchet-wheel, a. loose drum arranged' beside thepaw'LCari'Yng ratchet wheel and havingl one or more radiallv-arrangedand housed bevel-gears engaging' the bevel-geaiot the rat chet-wheel, amain weight with cord wrapped'around :said hist-named drinn and a secondbevel-fear engaging' the housed bevel-gears and derivirg thei'elroio acontinuousl rotation. y

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